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Part III - Investigating Score Uses and Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2021

Carol A. Chapelle
Affiliation:
Iowa State University
Erik Voss
Affiliation:
Teachers College, Columbia University
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Validity Argument in Language Testing
Case Studies of Validation Research
, pp. 233 - 322
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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